Swedish Navy

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In her original form........... DFO

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Sweden’s Navy Sails Ahead in Leading Europe’s Submarine Race

See - https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboo ... ace-192830

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Saab ‘Next Generation Combat Boat’ on the Thames

DSEI 2021 – Travelling for the first time outside of its native Sweden, Saab’s Combat Boat 90 NG (CB90) has toured the Thames visiting London landmarks.
The combat boat will be shown from 14-17 September at the DSEI exhibition taking place at ExCeL London.

Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/saab-ne ... Q3BYb16yyc

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Tre Kronor Class Light Cruiser HSwMS Göta Lejon pictured being handed over to the Chilean Navy in 1971. Renamed CNS Almirante Latorre, she remained in service until being discarded in 1986.

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Lead Ship, Swedish Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Svea pictured at Stockholm c1887. The class comprised Svea, Göta and Thule.The ships of the Class were 248 ft 4 in long, had a draught of 17 ft, and had a displacement of 3,200 tons. The ships were equipped with reciprocating engines, which were rated at 4,700 ihp (3,500 kW) and produced a top speed of 16 knots.The ships had belt and turret armour of 11.5 inches. The main armament consisted of a 10 inch twin turret gun. Secondary armament included four single 6 inch guns and six 2.2 inch single guns.

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Oden Class Coastal Defense Ship HSwMS Niord pictured in 1919.

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Princess Astrid of Sweden (left) arrives in Antwerp aboard Swedish Armoured Cruiser HSwMS Fylgia to marry Prince Leopold of Belgium, November 8th 1926.

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Two rather different looks of the cruiser FYLGIA from WW1 era to WW2......... DFO

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Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Sverige pictured on launch day at Götaverken Shipyards, Gothenburg on May 3rd 1915.

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Seaplane Cruiser HSwMS Gotland pictured c 1936...The design of the ship started out in December 1926 as a Seaplane Carrier with room for twelve aircraft. When presented with the design, Sweden's Naval Construction Board decided that it wanted the ship to have Cruiser and Minelaying functions as well as operating as a Seaplane Carrier. The resulting 5,000-ton design presented in January 1927 proved impossible to build within the available budget of Sk16.5 million. The design was then reduced in size requiring one of the forward turrets be removed. Its guns were then placed in casemates either side of the superstructure, a feature otherwise found only in the American Omaha Class Cruisers. The construction contract for the ship was issued on 7 June 1930. Her aircraft complement consisted of six Hawker Osprey seaplanes. It had capacity for eight and attempts were made to purchase two more, unsuccessfully since production of the type had ceased. The aircraft were found to suffer from wave damage during rough weather, often forcing the ship to return to port. During World War II Gotland sighted the German Battleship Bismarck when it broke out of the Baltic Sea. The sighting was reported to Swedish Navy headquarters. The report was passed to the British naval attache in Stockholm, who forwarded it to the Admiralty, triggering the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the allied chase of the great Battleship.
HSwMS Gotland was converted in 1944 to an AA Cruiser due to a lack of modern seaplanes. This involved the removal of the seaplanes and the addition of four 40 mm Bofors guns and two 20mm L/70 guns. The Ospreys continued in service from harbour bases with the last being retired on 2 December 2nd 1947. After World War II she served as a Training Ship. Starting 1953 and finishing in 1954 she was modified to allow her to serve as a fighter direction ship in the event of war as well as a Training Ship in peacetime. She was decommissioned in 1956, struck off in 1960, sold in 1962 and finally scrapped in 1963.